Samphire Hoe

Taken yesterday at Samphire Hoe, a country park at the foot of the White Cliffs to the west of Dover.

The park was created using the spoil of 4.9 million cubic metres of chalk marl from the Channel Tunnel excavations and it opened to the public in 1997.

It is named after the rock samphire which was once collected from the local cliffs, pickled in brine and sent to be used in London restaurants. A hoe is a piece of land that juts out from the mainland.

The Samphire Tower is a 33 ft high oak and larch clad structure housing a brass telescope which 'acts as an interactive interface, linking the landscape views with audio content allowing visitors to change and modulate the sounds. Pre-recorded digital sound mixes seamlessly with live sounds from shortwave and marine band radio' powered by solar panels mounted on the top of the tower.